Pictures and Videos of Automobiles Involved in Accidents

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Originally Posted by appus
Six cars at Alpin..............ything out of proportion and wondering why they missed this.
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saw a nature's accident in the morning. No pictures though. The wall of airforce colony gave way to a heavy rainfall. In process it took down an electricity pole and a shop. A bus parked next to the wall for the night (i suppose a company bus of some in EGL office), took the brunt. the wall fell on its left side, shop in the front and electricity wire on top.

When did this happen? Does this area come near Muthukadu?
Looks like the car rolled over. Probably due to loss of control at high speeds in a drizzle/rain.
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This accident had happened on last friday night(6-sep-13) and I saw this on next day. This strech comes after passing Marg's Swarnaboomi constrcutions.
You are right. There was no sign of collison or tyre burst. The driver could have dozed off.

While coming to office now, I was following a couple of tempo travellers. It was a barren stretch of road and we were cruising at 60+. Suddenly the tempo in front of me braked, and since i was not tailgating even i stopped at a safe distance. An empty indica cab which was behind me at a distance(>50 meters) came closer and closer to me at a good speed. In rear view i could make out the cab driver was not looking at road but fiddling something in the next seat. So i honked as loud as i could to get his attention. I surely did and he stopped just millimeters away. I hand signaled at him to keep his eyes on the road, to which I think he took offensive. How can anyone comment on a cabbie's extreme driving skills. He took my gesture to his pride and when again we started moving he started tailgating me at 60+ (here read just 10 cm behind when i say tailgating). It was scary to see his extrreme confidence and crazy driving skill in the rearview. So I gave him a pass at the earliest possible moment. While passing me he gave a stare to me. As soon as he crossed me he started chasing the tempo traveller that was ahead of me.

Now the two hothead cabbies started racing breaking all traffic rules. Left overtake, swerving to left and right, (just visualize the race grid). I slowly backed off to a distance > 50 meters. On the next left turn, the cabbie tried to overtake on a curve, there was a couple of stones kept as medians. To avoid that he swerved left, and the tempo traveller hit his left fender. Both stopped and a heated argument started. I had stopped at a distance but when i saw the damage was less on the vehicles and more on their pride, I quietly crossed them. While doing so, I didnt realize I had a smile on my lips "I told you so" kind and for a fraction of second my eyes locked with the cabbie. And he hurled some abuses on me.. (reasons I dont know.. was that I who made that accident?? I had just signaled you to keep an eye on road). I preferred not to respond to his pleasantries and drove off.

Yes, You did the correct thing by not giving any response or else you would also have been dragged unnecessarily into this.
Those are cab driver and their day and night are spend on the road with car. Adding to this Bangalore traffic condition is adding more fuel to their anger and frustration. Slight gesture can trigger a bigger anger into them. So it is better leave them into their state and IMHO we should not venture into their world.

. And he hurled some abuses on me.. (reasons I dont know.. was that I who made that accident?? I had just signaled you to keep an eye on road). I preferred not to respond to his pleasantries and drove off.

i really hate these high speed tailgaters.

yes you did the right thing by not responding to that cab driver. Those are poor souls just leave them in their state. Otherwise they will drag you to their hell

As if these guys were not enough, now high speed mini tempos (Tata Ace, Mahindra etc) has become real threat to road users.

Most of these guys are in 20ish & may not even have valid driver licenses. Why cant these vehicles be speed restricted at time of manufacture itself? I understand such cargo moving vehicles need a lot of torque for pulling load - but there could be some regulation on acceleration and max speed.

As if these guys were not enough, now high speed mini tempos (Tata Ace, Mahindra etc) has become real threat to road users.

Most of these guys are in 20ish & may not even have valid driver licenses. Why cant these vehicles be speed restricted at time of manufacture itself? I understand such cargo moving vehicles need a lot of torque for pulling load - but there could be some regulation on acceleration and max speed.

100% agree. yesterday while coming back from town i overtook an Ashok leyland mini cargo Van (i forgot the name of the vehicle). The vehicle was empty. Just after the moment i overtook him, he started tailgating me like crazy. Seems i hurt his pride. And i was really surprised to see the speed and acceleration of that vehicle. It was quit fast.